A man with a handlebar mustache and a tattoo on his neck driving a van in Lakewood pulled up to an 8-year-old boy and asked the child if he’d like to see puppies, authorities say.

Police want to talk with the man.

Do you know this man? On February 27th at approximately 3:45 pm, an 8-year old male victim says he was approached on his way home from a friend’s house near W. Warren Ave. & W. Warren Dr. by a man in a white van asking him if he wanted to see some puppies. Please share! pic.twitter.com/hieMwCNHo2

The suspicious incident happened at about 3:45 p.m. on Feb. 27 near or along West Warren Avenue and West Warren Drive, police said. The boy was on his way home from a friend’s house when the driver of the van pulled up and asked the suspicious question.

The driver is described as a white man, with blonde hair, a mustache and green eyes. The man has a neck tattoo of a skull with an arrow through it and a bullet going through the eye. The man has a pierced ear on the same side as the tattoo.

Police describe the incident as an attempted child enticement. Anyone with information on the incident, or on a suspect, is asked to call police at 303-987-7111.

Kieran Nicholson covers breaking news for The Denver Post. He started at the Post in 1986, at the old building on 15th and California streets. Nicholson has covered a variety of beats including suburbs, courts, crime and general assignment.

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